Trucking Politics

Today's Thoughts By Jeff Head 9/3/12 Trucking Politics
Can you tell that I have been involved lately more into the national level politics than just the trucking side of things? Probably so and I just want to let you know that here in a few months, when our national elections are over, I will probably settle back down to just the trucking side of things again. As for now though, right at this moment, I think our attention as truckers needs to be more on the national level. Let me tell you why.

As it is right now, we know from experience that the current administration is adding regulation after regulation to the trucking industry. There have been several times, if not most of the times, we as truckers have stood back after the bad news and wondered just how in the heck did they come up with that from what the studies showed. We know that they are going to continue to come down on every trucker no matter how safe and legal they run and we know that if reelected, we can expect the same for the next four years.

So I know that trucking matters on the trucking level are still very important, but what it is that we have to realize as truckers is that we can help change who will be making those decisions for us in the future. A change of administration at the federal level means a change more then likely at the Federal DOT level. Hopefully, for our sakes, it will be a change to a person that realizes that bankrupting as many drivers as you can is not what needs to happen if you want to keep safe and legal drivers out on the highway. Perhaps with a change, we can go back to the days were a driver could make a living running safe and legal instead of more and more drivers having to make the decision to return to their renegade days.

Whatever your politics are, getting involved now at the Federal level will make the difference over the next four years of new regulations. Not getting involved could find us in even a worse position. We need a candidate that is willing to learn our particular needs and help us help them keep the highways safe. If my predication is right, we will at least start moving in that direction with a change of administration in a couple of months. If you disagree, better get out there and work to nullify my work in that direction. Have to love politics.

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